Endarkened from Kaliptus on Vimeo.
Warning: very graphic cartoon content.
Thanks, LSDEX!
There seems to be this visceral fascination in people with animals that look improbable. I found yet another site listing the “20 weirdest animals” some time ago, and thought I’d share.
I found it through Stumbleupon, which is where I get a lot of good blog fodder. I’ve noticed lately, though, that the material I find on SU doesn’t seem nearly as good as it was a few months ago. I don’t know if it’s the massive influx of new people & sites, or if I’ve just run through all the good sites that were strong matches for my profile.
Want to learn about the strange things that are par for the course in other cultures?
Try reading one of their phrasebooks.
Excerpts:
Apparently several species of duck, including Meller’s duck from Madagascar and an Argentine duck, have gotten into a reproductive evolutionary war with their sex organs. They start growing a phallus at the beginning of the mating season, and it grows (up to longer than the duck itself) through the rest of the season.
Read the NYT article on duck dicks.
Thanks, Boing Boing!
Probably not the kind of kid you first thought of… Cybergoat has pictures of a cyclopic goat. Scroll about halfway down and you can see several different pictures of the kid, who died minutes after birth.
Also, links to a page showing several different cat deformities including multiple ears and multiple faces.
Finally, thanks to Snopes for chiming in on the cyclopic cat and the entrancing, if freaky, links!
(The skinny: according to Snopes, the one-eyed kitten is for real.)
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